Finch, 31, has scored 4957 runs for Australia in limited-overs cricket without earning a Baggy Green, which stands as the record for most international runs scored without playing Test cricket.

Lehmann, who was head coach of Australia from 2013 until this March when he stood down following the ball-tampering controversy in South Africa, said Finch was a really good chance to be selected for Australia’s Test series against Pakistan in the UAE in October.

Finch’s first-class form for Victoria over the last three domestic seasons has been decent – 1278 runs in 19 matches for an average of 41.22 – and last month he admitted that it was his inconsistency that had so far kept him out of Test cricket.